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sonnekki
on Oct 16, 2012
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Google Earth Fractals
Would it be silly to attempt to analyze an image of a natural fractal in order to approximate the equation which forms the fractals?
Has something like that been done before?
tonymarq
on Oct 17, 2012
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Mandelbrot pushed his discoveries as methods for
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real-world objects, including things like what you describe. so, the impetus for his popularization of fractals was this practical reason. at least, that's how Mandelbrot promoted fractals
algorias
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you might be interested in "the fractal geometry of nature" by benoit mandelbrot.
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Has something like that been done before?